The Fieldcrest Knights are taking a road trip to take on the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fieldcrest knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven contests -- so hopefully Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley likes a good challenge.
Fieldcrest took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They blew past Ridgeview 63-43. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 153rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 516th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley made easy work of Flanagan-Cornell on Tuesday and carried off a 79-55 victory. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley pushed the score to 63-41 by the end of the third, a deficit Flanagan-Cornell had little chance of recovering from.
Fieldcrest pushed their record up to 17-6 with the win, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.2 points per game. As for Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season.
Fieldcrest didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley in their previous matchup back in January, but they still walked away with a 55-50 victory. Does Fieldcrest have another victory up their sleeve, or will Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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